Friday, December 09, 2005

Chicago's Walter Meego is on a bit of a roll lately, having recently been tapped to open for the likes of Caribou and Tom Vek, and now the band is prepared to release it's first DJ mix. I can tell from the eclectic tracklisting (Lyrics Born, Cut Copy, The Avalanches, The Sleepy Jackson) that it's going to be a good one, so be sure to keep your eyes open for it.

In the meantime, I recommend picking up the band's Usually single (click the amazing artwork above).

Do you guys think this thing is totally worthless or what? Now, before all you purists delete my blog from your links, I realize this wouldn't constitute "real" dj'ing, but it may be fun to play with, since I've already got the iPods. Plus this site says it'll totally make me a "portable party meister". I'd love to hear opinions from some actual djs (I'm looking at you, Jaxxy).

21 comments:

Hmmmm ... the traditionalist in me wants to dis it, kinda like when major league baseball introduced the wild card. But I've kinda come to accept the wild card. So, for a good time, I can see using this bit of technology. But, really, there's no true replacement for a couple of Technics 1200s.

agreed. probably the most worthless piece of technology in the past 5 years. worthless indeed. i want to say thank you g vs. b for the post on Elliott the Letter Ostrich's Blood Cape. i bought it and i love it. i also bought For Whom the Casio Tolls ( a v/a comp of all songs recorded using only mini keyboards.) amazingly awesome.

worthless?well i'm not a "dj" but it seems kinda cool to me. it's not going to replace turntables the same way synths haven't/won't replace real pianos. it's just another option - it's the way technology is.

DJs have been using digital media for a while, but the (i)Podpeople are in such a frenzy to snatch up the latest and greatest equipment and do-dad gadgetry that can attach to their ipod, that they don't notice you can get audio outs for ipods fairly easy that would plug into any mixer...

Love the site, especially the Jose. I put up quite a lot of UK music which I think most of the readers here would like over at http://tommyshots.blogspot.com. Aplogies for advertising, just trying to get some readers

i dj. Most of my stuff isnt available on vinyl when im playing it. I go between my laptop/ipod nano and CDs thru a normal mixing board. For the type of DJing I do, the people come out to hear the music and dont really care what the medium is. Id use one of these.

who fucking gives a shit really ,stop bitching,after a few free or cheap pbrs ,i just want to hear some rock or what ever( good music you dick),i don't give a fuck if you got tables or an i-pod shuffle just don't fuck my buzz up with your shitty mp3's from gorilla vs bear.